Jo Fry 

Owner and Artist Fierce Siren Studios 

I am an avid beachcomber and self-proclaimed history geek, an artist who incorporates beach finds into  my work and writes about their history. I was always drawing as a child, and even won a competition in  high school to create our school logo (we were The Saints, and it was a St. Bernard.) I studied art and  architectural history at the University of London and ended up graduating from San Jose State with  Honors and a BS in Interior Design. However, life and family kept me away from creating for decades,  until the sea rekindled my spark. I founded Fierce Siren Studios in 2021 and like to think of myself as a  re-emerging artist whose inspiration is the waste of the past. 

Shows and Exhibits 

Women’s View 2024 Group Exhibit for Women’s History Month – Caldwell Gallery, Redwood City 

Coastal Arts League – “A Moment in Time’ juried show March/April 2024 Two of my works were  selected, “Textures and Contrasts” juried show Summer 2023 

Ocean Blue Vault – Spring 2024, Winter 2024, Spring/Summer/Fall 2023, Summer/Fall 2022 Art Guild of Pacifica – “The Four Seasons” Feb-March 2024, “Light and Shadow” January-February 2024 San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture – Redwood City public art display July-August 2023 Mohr Gallery, Menlo Park March-April 2023 

Los Altos Library, public art display April-May 2023 

Festivals and Speaking Engagements 

Winter Art Faire 2023, Art Guild of Pacifica  

Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival – Local’s block (juried) 2022, Main Festival (juried) 2023 Santa Cruz Sea Glass and Ocean Arts Festival – Vendor (juried) and Presenter 2023, Vendor (juried) 2022 Santa Barbara Sea Glass and Ocean Arts Festival – Vendor (juried) and Presenter “What Did I Find?” 2023 Sunnyvale Art and Wine Festival – Vendor (juried) 2023 

Half Moon Bay History Association, Speaker “The History of Miramar” August 2023 Published Articles and Art 

“The Amesport Pier: Lifeline to the World” – Half Moon Bay History Association, February 2024 “Three Masts and a Ghost” – Story, Beachcombing Magazine, volume 38 September-October 2023

“Spirit of the Sea” – Painting, Beachcombing Magazine, volume 38 September – October 2023

“Small Town, Big History” – Half Moon Bay History Association website, August 2023 “Half Moon Bay History Reveled Through Glass” – Half Moon Bay History Association website, Dec 2021 “Basic Guild to Bottle Identification” – Half Moon Bay History Association website, Dec 2021 Affiliations 

Coastal Arts League 

Colony of Coastside Artists (CoCA) 

South Coast Artists Alliance 

Art Guild of Pacifica 

Silicon Valley Open Studios